Left: Userkaf Fifth Dynasty 2,500 BC. Userkaf did not build his pyramid at Giza but at Saqqara, as Shepseskaf, last king of the Fourth Dynasty had done.

Right: Group portrait of Sahura with the local god of Coptos Fifth Dynasty 2,490 BC. Sahura's pyramid is in Abusil, and his sun temple has not yet been rediscovered. The god accompanying him here carries the local emblem of Coptos, consisting of two falcons.

Neferefre Fifth Dynasty, 2,450 BC.
Because his reign was so short, Neferefre's pyramid never rose above the first courses of stones.

His mortuary temple was completed in brick.

Left: Tedji Sixth Dynasty 2,347 BC.
Right: Seated statue of Queen Ankhnesmerire II with her son Pepi II Sixth Dynasty 2270 BC.
Queen Ankhnesmerire II, from a local princely family of Abydos, ruled for her son while he was under age.